W. Li AOAUS, EUITOA iSB MomiKTORi
OBJOOW CITY I
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1857.
XT W- W. Cio la authored to do any bus.
iiwm connected with The Argus Office during my
absence. W. L. ADAMS.
l.tkentts of Poor Pickett.
Czapkay's orgnn and poor Pickett of
California, which t few months ago wero
boiora chums, have fallen out. The follow,
ing " back hugs" were taken ly this wor
tby brace of " sound and reliable" demo,
onus, Nov. 11th, 1650. We elinlliem
from Czapkaj's orgnn of that date:
CZAP' iOC.NT SQUBRZES PICKETT.
" We have received from Col. Olms. E.
I'ickett, of California, a second publication
of his. The first it will be recollected,
was tho life ef Fremont probably the
only correct one ever written. I'ickett
fires regular Paixhan shot at the woely.
horse humbug. We give a sample or.
two :
Cut. Pickett volunteers tho following
" first rale noiico" of the Statesman. We
leave it to our readers to suy if bo is not n
good judge of pnpers :
I'll KKTT HUGS CZAl-'s AGENT.
" Tho Oregon Statesman is decidedly
the best Buchanan and Hreckunrhla paper
on the Pacific side. We mny havo good
Democratic organs in California, but the
Slalesiimn is u better one, at least for thia
campaign. And yet they have no voto
up there."
But here fullows a aide thrust givon
poor Pickett by Czapkay's agent, Ool 27th,
1857:
" We Lave spoken of Mr. Tickett's
ideas of government as " eccentric" We
believe be styWs himself a philosopher.
In an oration, ef which bo is quite proud,
delivered at Sacramento lust 4th of July,
he favored an independent government for
tho Pacific coast, and at tho same time de
clared bis opinion to be that tho British
monarchy was the wisest and best govern
ment on earth. Ho also expressed tho
hope that the Union might be dissolved,
nod three separate governments (monarch
ies) formed one to bo composed of the
slave Slates, one of the free on the At
lantic side, and the third of our possess
ions on the Pacific. lie was also fur a total
repeal of our naturalization Ibwh, and,
we understand, favors the soiling of poor
white men, or iIiojo who do not take care
of themselves.
" Mr. Pickett assails democrnis and
democratic organization, in Oregon,
through a factional paper, and complains
that democratic journals will not open their
columns to those assaults. Let us inquire
who this stranger is that assumes to declare
who are not democrats, and what is not
democracy to apply the name ef black
republican to democrats. Is tho house
from which he is now hurling these missiles
ininrftirnnble t Ha is n citizen of Califor
nia, claiming to belong to no party. Ho
has recently thcro voted for black repub
licans for responsible offices, and at the
last election ho voted for Bennett, the
black republican candidate for the import
ant office of supremo judge, and be voted
for no democrat. Although tho gallant
Weller was running for Governor of tho
Stale on the democratio ticket, ha did not
receive Mr. Pickett's support. He voted
only for the black republican judge, and to
" repubiate the debt." Now he comes to
Oregon, and uninvited enters upon tho dis
cussion and settlement of our local institu
tions and nil airs, and, fresh from the sup
port of black republicans, advocates slave
ry here, and denounces democrats as black
republicans. Thut kind of consistency
may pass current in California, but it won't
in Oregon, even waiving tho matter of im
proper iuterferenco. But that kind of
democracy in benutiluliy illustrative ot the
Occidental concern 1"
. This I'ickett is just as " sound and re
liable" a democrat now as he was a year
ago. But it seems that he lias put his foot
in tho dish out of which the clique take
their broth, aud thus gets snapped at by
'the mangy beast who guards tho kennel,
1 If Pickett hud used his pun in puffing the
irotten clique at Salem, ho would have been
luudod as a,' souud reliable national dem
ocrat," notwithstanding he was a diaun
ijonist and believed " the British mon
archy (!) the wisost nnd best government
-on earth." Wo publish the above, as wo
-consider it a fair daguerreotype of the
leadcrsof Lluck democracy in Oregon.
Whenever thoy fallout, they draw admi
rable portraits of one another.
FU Anti-Leo" reports Delazon Smith
m assorting at Albany that "none of the
editors who oppose the adoption of the
Constitution have any abiding interest in
the country." Now this may truly be
said of every looofoco editor in Oregon,
and of Delusion himself so far as wo know.
They are all (or nearly so) political rone
gades, without character, without fortune,
without any permanent abiding place, and
without aim or purposo otliwr than to live
by doing small political jobs that cost little
manual labor. We were in Oregon as a
permanent citizen, fclliug tho forests and
turning over the soil with our own hands,
years before one of these drivelers had per
haps ever entertained an idea of exchang.
ing his calling in the Stales, as a loot,
black and doggery-keeper, for that of au
Oregon politician. Delusion himself, is
aid to Lave been in the circus iu Iowa,
studying rascality, years after wo broke
down sttge on tho plains and hauled our
cabin logs out of the coast mountains.
The fact is, wo havo actually more pe
cuniary interest in Oregon than all the le
cofnco editors put together, and Delusion
-i ni .
inrown ic. i nai wo Know is saying but
little, but K answers our present purpose.
CT We Lavo oa Laud several ceiumu
ic.ti ions oo tho Constitution which wo
could pot find room for. : "'
JT"ThoaiUntionof our readers and
demooratiocotemporaries we solicit to our
two leading articles of lo day." J'ortluiid
Time.
Well, that is cool. Tho egotism and
brass of Jo Lane's boy, are fully equal to
Lis position as editor of a sheet having
three hundred and fifteen subscribers, and
aiming at nothing higher than to dangle
as a tail lo Czapkay's organ. " Our two
leading articles" are probably destined to
go the same route most of "our" milk-and-molasses
literature Las gone. lint
for fear "our readers and dcuiooratio
cetomporarics" will pay but little "atlen
lion" to thorn, we will copy ono paragraph,
which contuins the substance of tbo whole:
"The record of a vote, thcrcforo, of
tho recent canvass in opposition to the
democratic nominations, precludes, as just,
ly and rightfully it ought, the voter so
having supported the black-republican tick
et, from all aarticipancy in lbs succeed
ing democratic convention."
Jo Lano's decision, then, seems to be
that no man who voted for Lnw9on, has
any right hereafter to go into a black dem
ocratic convention. Wall, we don't care,
if ihey not only read all such men out of
the party, but pick them out, and then set
romo imported mulntto to spitting in their
fticcs after they are out.
Jt3T The Standard of last week con
tains a lengthy letter from Dr. McBridoof
Yamhill upon the evils of slavery, promi
nent among which is the spirit of intoler
ance it everywhere exhibits towards those
who question its claims, in denying the
freedom of speech and of the press. The
Doctor handles this subject well, aad shows
that ho ii eonvorssat with all the work
ings of tho system. He was bora and
raised in a slnve State, never Laving indeed
lived in a free Slate. The Doctor posses
ses a high order of mind, and is happily
blessed with a nolle moral organism, which
leads his investigations in the direction of
truth, and fastens Lis sympathies lo the
side of right, regardless of sordid consid
erations. It is impossiblo for just such a
man to vote for introducing slavery into
free territory. It takes a man of aa" in
ferior organization" to his ; and if he docs
not belong to aa " inferior race" ho must
have more of the " scrub" iu his compo
sition. PRESERVING TlMHKtt UNDER GROUND.
We havo read a great deaf aud thought a
great deal upon tho subject of preserving
timber under graund. All the plans we
have read of are objectionable oa account
of the chemical intricacies involved which
placo tbo means beyond tho reach of our
farmers. In tho language of the celebrat
ed philosopher, who, at tho instance of
Hiero king of Sicily, discovered the meth
od of finding the specific gravity of bod
ies wj can exclaim, " Eureka f" At least
we think so, and we shall at once proceed
to " post" our readers upon the import
ant matter ef making common fir posts last
as long as yew, at a very trifling cost.
Hore is our receipt,' which, if it don't
work, wo charge nothing for it : Have
your posts sawn of the proper size and
length, and welt seasoned. Havo a large
iron kettle of rosin over a slow fire, which
should be kept constantly boiling. Mix
tallow enough with the rosin to render it
sufficiently soft lo prevent crumbling
when cold. Then immerse- tho end of the
post that goea into tho ground in the rosin,
and with some suitable vessel dip up and
pour the same over tho post a few times,
two or three inches higher up than it is in
tended to be buried in the earth. The
" blossom end" of the post should always
bn put in the ground.
Try this, and if the posts are not " all
right" a hundred years henco, wo will then
study out n letter plan. The " remedy" is
simple, and, like all great ones, very cheap,
and if it works it w ill bo worth five thous
and dollars to this city alone.
OCT The rain has poured down iu tor
rents much of the time this week, and the
Willamette has raised several inches.
There are now seven or tight steamboats
on ihe uppor river, which will soon disturb
tho waters, but there was so little grain
produced the past season, they will not
have their usual business the coming win
ter. The grain raised last year was sold at
a moderate price, but it brought a vast
amonnt of money into the country, ,
Trrsrness. The following loiter, which
was published in tho Standard of last week,
is a model in its way. It contaias mere
matter than is often found in an article of
two columns. Wo copy it as a model of
brevity. It contains mttltum in parvo :
Yamhill, Oct. 17, 1857.
Ma. Leland Sir: Allow us through
your columns to say that we Lavesoen the
last issue of the Times upon tho above sub
ject, and desire to say, that painful as it
may be lo submit to the General's treat
ment ef silent contempt, yet we canno' con
descend to accept as a reply, the four col
umns of bhuk bile discharged at us by
Lane't nigger. Yours, Ac,
Olds, Shuck & Co.
C4T Wo learn that W. S. Ladd was
elected Mayor of Portland last Wednesday,
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the ab
sence of Mayor O'Neill. He had two ma
jority over T. J. Dryer, the opposing can
didate. (Sir The Odd Fellows of our city took
a pleasure excursion to Champorg last
Saturday, oa the invitation of Capt Swea
ter of the fine new steamer Klk.
f& Receive your thoughts as guests, and
treat your dcVres as children.
Ilrraddtl ttlaashwr or l'.liral.
Tho following loiter, received by tbo ed.
Itorof tho Los Angeloa Star, gives (he full
est particulars wo have seen of the lata
massacre of a train of emigrants from
Missouri and Arkansas, bound for Califor.
nla. It is supposed by many, that lh
Mormons woro lLo iuetignlori ef the
deed.
Sam BwtNAimiNO, Oct.4th, 1957.
I take this opportunity of informing
rou of the murder of an entire traia of
. . . ... . j
emigrants, oa lliuir way Iroin Missouri son
Arkarx-as to this Stats, via Great Salt
Luke City, which look place, according to
the best information I can possibly acquire
(which is, primarily, through Indians,) at
the Mountain Meadows, which are at or
near the rim of tLo Great Basin, and some
distaaco south of the incut southern Mor
mon settlements, between tho 10th and
12th ultimo. It is absolutely one of tho
most horrible massacres I have over had
tho painful necessity of relating.
'1 he company consisted of about one
hundred and thirty or thirty-fivo men, wo
men aud children, and including some
forty or forty-five capable of bearing arms.
They were in possession of quite an am
ount of stock, consisting of horses, mules,
and oxen. The encampment was attack,
cd about daylight la the morning, so say
the Indians, by the combined forces of all
the various tribes immediately iu that sec
tion ef the country. It appears thai the
majority of them were slain at the first on
set made by the Indians. The remaining
forces formed themselves into the best po.
sition their circumstances would allow, but
before they could mnko the necessary ar
rani emsai for protoclin" themselves fiom
the arrows, there were but few loft who
wero able lo Bear arms. After having
corralled their wagons, and dug a ditch
for their protoction, they continued to fire
upon the lodlaasfor eao or two days, but
the Indians bad so secreted themselves,
thut, according to their own statement,
there was net one of them killed and but
few wounded. They (tho emigrants) then
sent out a flag of truce, borne by a little
girl, and gave themselves up to tho mer.
cy of the savages, who immediately rush
ed in and slaughtered all of them, with
the exeption of fifteen infant children,
that havo since been purchased, with much
difficulty, by tno Mormon interpreters.
I presume it would be unnecessary, fur
all practical purposes, to relate the causes
which gave rise to ihe above described cat
astrophe, from tho simple fact that it will
bo attributed lo the Mormon people, let the
circumstances of the case be what they
may. But it seems from a statement whieh
I received from Lluers Wm. MailiewsanU
Win. Hyde, who wors in Great Salt Lako
City at Ihe time this train was there re
cruiting their " fit out," and who wero on
the road to this place at tho time when
they were murdered, but several day's
jouruey is the rear somewhere about Hie
Beaver Mountains, which are between Par
awan and Fillmcre cities, that tho causes
were something like these : Tho train
camped atCeru Creek, near Fillmore city,
where there is an Indian village, the in
habitants of which have raised a crop of
wheat, and a few melons, etc. And in
tradiag with the Indians they gave them
cash fur wheat, and they not knowing tLo
value of coin were severely cheated.
They wanted a blanket for a sack of wheat
but they gave them fifty cents, and told
them that amount would buy a blnuket.
They also had an ox with them which had
died, and they put strychnine in tho car
cass for the purpose of poisoning the In
dians ; and also put poison ef some des
cription in tho water which was standing
in holes. This occasioned several deaths
among them, within a few days after the
departure ef the train. And upon this,
it seems the Indians gathered themselves
together, nnd had, no doubt, chosen the
place of attack and arranged cveryiliuu
before the train arrived at the place where
they wero murdered.
It was ascertained by some of tho iuter-
prelers from a few of the Indians w ho were
left at Cum Creek, that most or the lndi
ans in the country had loft; but they
could not learn for what purpose, and be
fore any steps could bo taken to ascertain
what was the cause, the story was told
they were nil killed. Yours, truly,
J. Ward Christian.
Mok.monism. The following letter,
which sheuld have appeared in the Advo-
calc, is published as a news item. It will
be seen that Elder Stuart has made some
proselytes to the church of "latter day
sinners." We think, however, that a
gsodly number of the " Iwenty-four bap
tized" persons are such as have "fallen
from grace" and Lave been re-baptized :
Oregon Citv, Oct. 27, '57.
Editor Arhus Sir : To avoid misrep-
restitution, 1 hero represent myself. And
i lunk inir this the proper placo for confes
sion, 1 proceed at once, by saying, I am
that " Mormon" Elder who has raised tho
devil ia the country, and caused hiia to
show his cloven foot among Christians.
Their "Advooato," Br. Pearae, would
(if he had the power) not oaly deprive us
of religious liberty, but ol our censtitu
tienal rights, the freedom of speech I And
this from tho editor of a public journal,
protussius to be an American, and a mints
tor of the Gospel I It is a disgrace to the
country, and a blight en toe caused Chris
tianity. Since wo have been in your midst,
I havo violated no law, sought no privilege
but that which tho Constitution gives to
every American citizen. I havo observed
the .Mormon creed, " Mind your own busi-
ness." I would recommend it to Brother
Pearae and otheis who are finding fault
with the Mormons. I have traveled and
preached in all tho principal towns in the
Territory; have baptized twenty-four per
sons, organized two churches one on the
coast fork of the Willamette river, the
other on Pleasant Hill, len miles from Or
egon City and am now on my way to
Washington Territory. Good day, and
believe me ever the friend of all good men.
David M- Stuart.
0" We know of nearly two hundred
wagons, buggies, and earriages that have
been ordered from the States, which will
be shipped so as to arrive in tho spring.
Some object to this as discouraging to our
home mechanics, but if these articles are
to belter than some that Lave already ar-
rived, our mechanics will Lavo enough to
do lo keep old wagons In repair, without
making one. Ono man in Marion
coualy bad a wagon shipped from tho States
at a cost of over oao hundred and forty
dollars, and when ll arrivrd ha concluded
la sell it for eighty dollars rather lhao haul
it Lome.
Summary or tub Census IIkport op
Clackamas County poi 1857. Mr. J. E.
Taylor, Assessor of this county, Las band.
ed us tho following report !
No. of l. gnl voters, 828
1 ' females owl 8 years of eg, 659
over 1U and under 18, 251
' under 10 yearsvf age, 481
males over 10 and under 91, 335
under ttn years of age, 600
Total population, 3045
No. of widows. 0
blind, 1
insane, 3
idiets, 2
saw mills, 24
flouring mills, 7
colored people, aot iucluding
Indians, 0
0 The baru of W. Lewis, Esq., ef
Folk county, was consumed by fire a few
dayscinct. Mr. L.wm burning straw near
his barn, and thus burned a barn full of
graiu more than be iutrndod to.
5" We understand that out indefatiga
ble fullow-oitizen Gee McCarver was up
for mayor at tho election in Portland last
Wednesday.
For the Argu.
Padla( Alter tsaaoeUlsa.
Ma. Editor Duiing the past month I
havo crossed that bridge four times on
horseback, and paid the keeper one dollar,
or twenty-five cents each way for a single
horse. If llioie was no good ford, which
by the by has been filled up, there might
be some show of au excuse ; bat for the
traveling publie to pay such prices, is on
imposition that should bo corrected by the
people of Clackamas and Marion counties
This is a lax upon travelers thai is mani
fesily unjust. Traveler.
For the A) gut.
Red Hill, Polk Co., Oct. 12, '57.
Ma. Editor After reading the const!
tulion submitted to the people, I find seme
very objectionable features in it, to which
I would like to call lbs. attention of the
public.
Ia the bill of rights tho following seslioa
may be found :
" The operation of the laws shall never
be suspended, except by the authority of
(he Legislative Assembly."
Now, if I am right in my conclusion,
the supreme court cannot puss upon the
validity of a law or tho constitutionality ef
a law. And I caa find nothing in the con
stitution to justify any ether interpretation
of the clause in question. And if this be
the correct idea, I cannot see but that wo
might dispense with a supremo court, as
tho law-making power passes upon the va
lidity of its own acts ike supreme court
having no power to act as a check to the
law-making power.
Now, I do aot feel willing lo endorse the
clause quoted. But would it be safe, or
good policy, to help the negro-drivers to
vote down tho constitution, for that is their
main aim, so that they may have further
time t Aftor the election they will know
just how many voters it will take to carry
slavery, and they will govern themselves
accordingly. It seems lo me we are
placed between two dilemmas : we have to
take a bad constitution, or be run close by
slavery in the future.
But another consideration : If we adopt
the constitution, the vexed question of
slavery will be settled, and if against sla
very, wo way then look fof an emigra
tion ; but, until it is settled, men don't like
tocomoso far on uncertainty.
I must admit that the constitution full's
far below what we might reasonably ex
pect, but, under the existing circumstances,
I think we ought to adopt it, nnd amend it
as soon as possible. 1 W. W. Boon.
Linn Co., Oct. 23, 1857.
Mr. Editor During the term of court
at Albany, on last Monday evening, I had
the pleasure of hearing the tyees express
their views on the constitution. The ser
vices were commenced by ihe 11 Lion of
Liun," who, as soon as ho had told us what
he was going to do, plugged at once into
swimming water, and started up stream.
Being an export swimmer, he soon reached
Corvallis, where he opened his batteries at
Messrs. Hall nnd Avery. After giving
them a severe drubbing for opposing the
constitution, be made another dive, and
came up away down at Dryer's sanctum
and I almost trembled for the safety of his
"hoffice," so dreadfully did the lion rage
and roar! Ho made a short grunt as be
passed Leland's sanctum, and we came
near losing track of him. But we soon
spied him away just below the Falls, drily
looking at the "old man of The Argua"'s
dominions. lie evidently dido'l like the
look ef things there, as he just made a
passing remark, and went on. He spoke
eloquently of the importation of Mr. Hall
and others, and finally said that " all these
editors who opposed the constitution did it
from sinister motives," aad that " they had
no abiding interest at stake," Ace. He la
bored very hard to prove that a man might
be a pro-slavery man and bo a " good dem
ocrat," or ho might be a free-state man and
still bo a " good democrat" I ha ! ha ' and
that both might worship in the democratic
temple. Democratic temple ! Thought I,
U'l.ai irod da these priests wor.bin t Echo
" O
from Iho passing breeze whispered in my
ear. " Ambition!'
Nexteame Judge Williams, Hut, a
tins I
hiii should Le sy I for Delazon had Bono
over ihe whole ground not forgetting lo
say, when speaking or Hie future unices lo
bo filled. orovieVd we adopted the censli-
tution, that if he " should soe a cnanca
it a.
ho
should jump right iuio ono," though
I.-
' would want a lariie ons, nine or y
our
seven.bvnines" aud now, though
tllH
Judge wanted very badly to maKo a sp
an tho constitution, nothing was left
cell
for
him but lo repeat and 'endorse' Mr. Smith'1
vitai. After tho Judce was llirouuh. J
Jo
in-
Lane's mulatto entertained us a few min
utes with soma eccentric remarks at the
unnnaa of 'black renublicans.' 'abolition-
i ...
ists,' iiO; which were very refrpshing after
the monotonous puw-wow of tho pnl hour
nnd we weui away in a good (?) humor.
Anti-Leo.
For thi Argu:
Xea-fUsUtaaeo vs. Htlf-OMae.
And first, friend Voto, thank you fur can
dor and fairness iu argument. I am sorry
I left you to the necessity of qualifying
my admission that ''any one has a right la
exercise the principlo of self defxitso."
While I admit that any one has a legal
right lo defend himsnlf, I certainly would
not admit that Le has a mural right to do
anything, and then turn right rouud and
attempt lo prove it morally aud philosoph
ically wrong. And yet, I trow, you can
see quite a difference even in a moral point
of view from a man's having a right to
tier cite the principle of nonrctistance, and
having a right to steal, lie, swear, cheat,
murder, Ac. Now, I do uol contend thai
there is any direct command prohibiting
self defense, though the words of our Sav
inr, " I say unto you, Itesist not evil," bor
der very closely lo one. Rut what I con
tend for is, that in tbo full exercise of llm
principle of love taught by our Savior in
his life and by his example, wo should b
witling to suffer wrong, and even lo die.
if necessary lo sustain and carry out the
spirit of tho life of Christ. If "sober rea
sen" gees no farther than to- say "it is
'dangerous' nnd 'inconvenient' to submit
lo i lie rule of a man in soger," I do not
think it will weigh in the balance with tho
command of Christ to " bless them that
cursn.you, and pray for them whicU.dc
spitefully use you." Now talie the most
aggravated case we could suppose, where
a man is most " duspiiefully" used would
hesiacerely bless and pray fur his assail
ant and enemy, and at tb same lime
knock him down, or, if you please, " an
licipnte him," and shoot him ?
Now, sir, if you will contend that the
"grace of God," or "at least the grace of
common son so," might bo knocked into
some "specimens of man," as in the oasn
of " Nod,." you ought to be charitablo
enough to admit it an exceptional cae.
In atterap'ing to prove that the peculiarity
of Christ's mission may have required "dif
ference of conduct not proper for us in
many respects to try lo imitate," it seems
to me you overlooked a very important
distincliou which should always be made
In casting out those who bought and sold
iu the temple, ho may be considered as ex
ercising his divine power aud authority.
We cannot follow his example in this it
spect. 2d. " Christ came to die, as gen
erally hold', while we came to live." True,
he came to die, but not until " his hour was
como" j we came lo live, yet "our lime"
to die, too, will come : and if I hasten that
time in no ether way than in tho exercise
of the principle of non-resistance, I think
I can " read my tit lo clear."
Again : You any " submission does not
insure future redress or forbearance," and
instance slavery. Is it probable that if
those "few black slaves" had undertaken
(o defend themselves, the condition of the
African race to day would have been any
better than it is? What could they have
done? Does self d'fense always insure
redress ? The Indians were once numer
ous, and when tho white man began to in-
infringe on their rights and invade their
country, they aeted on the prinoiplo of
self-defense. Where are they now?
Driven back, and back, until it would seem
the Ocean must open her bosom to receive
them.
Slave I Indian I Oppressed I Feel you
that your wrongs, your sighs, your tears,
cry to Heaven for redress I Hear the an
swer from out the Throne of Eternal Jus
tice, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay,
saith tho Lord." ' d, b.g.
Linn Co., October 31, 1857.
t& Tho Democracy of Iowa have
nominated a man for Lieutenant Governor
who has hardly education enough to know
how to spell or write bis own name correct
ly. This fact is in keeping with the ar-
gument recently put forth by an organ of
the same parly, that the Republican can
didate was not fitted for tho office " because
he has been a teacher in a seminary" 1
In ignorance consists the chief hope ef
modern demagoguistn. Wo only wonder
that the Democracy havo not ere now in
corporated iato their platform a plank de
claring popular intelligence a curse to the
country. Chicago Journal.
GO" The Slavery seeedera from the New
School Presbyterian Church, who have
been in session at Richmond, Vs., havo
finally decided to join tho Old School Asso
ciation, if they will take them ia, instead
of forming a new body .
Political. In Mechuciiiburear
thrro tioki Is In Ihe field for Governor;-.-N.
P. Banks hos'U lU lUpubliuan, Oov..
Gardner (iho present incumbent) the Afr
ican and national American, and Rv 0t
Ueach tho Democratio. Tits last passed''
can hardly bn said to be in the field, atihs
great body af the Democracy are auppoi-
ng Uov. Uarilnur the object bring iohV-
feat Ranks.
In Maine, Mnrrill (Republican) in in;
towns has 6000 majority over SmitVi
(Pern.), a falling oil of 0171 since (lu
year.
It seems lo bo agreed on all hands lluf
Hon, John Dell of Tf tint we, mutt re
tire from the sent which he basso long id.
oriicd in tho United Stales Senate, on the
expirutioit of his present term in March,
1850. uut mere Is a good deal of cam
petition for his place, tho chief candidal
being Mr. Nicholon, formerly of tho Wash,
ingtou Union, Postmaster General Rrown
Gen. Pillow, and Hon. Geo. W, Jones.
tJT Wo rrgrot to soe that EmersoB
ICiheridgi', late member of Cmrcss from
Tennessee, has been run out by barely
127 majority in a poll of some 16,000
voles, lie was an able, linne.t, indopen
dent member, and lost his seat because he
had ihe miuilinu-is to vote against tho No.
braska bill.
Of Iho Southern members who voted
against that pet measure of the slavery
propaganda, not one will serve in Ihe next
House. Col. Benton, Louisiana Hunt,
Tennessee Cullom, dec, were run out of
the last Congress, and the rest, with the
exception of Gen. Houston ef Texas sis'
John Bull of Tennessee, Lave followed
them. The two latter have each two sea
sons more to serve, when they too will
walk the plank.
Naturalization Judge Goodloo, of
Lexington, ICy., has lately decided iLst
the Slate Courts havo no power to natural
ize foreigners, nnd that this right belongs
exclusively to tho courts of the United
Suites.
I lo also decided that where a peitoa
brings naturalization papers obtained' in
aaother Stale, ihe papers mint have (lie
certificate of the United Stutes Court of
that Statu.
0An analysis of the vole of Mil
souri shows that the great gains for
Rollins have been mainly in the parts ef
iho Stale where there is the most com
merce, thn greatest railroad communica.
(ion, and the largest number of children at
Muhnol,
03" The fuiluroof Miller A Curtis, pub
lishers of Putnam's Magazine, litis- ltd to
the consolidation of that monthly with
Emerson's Magazine, nnd the joint eonoerJi
will hereafter be issued under the tills of
Emerson's United Slates Magazine,, aad
Putnam's Monthly."
03" Tho Mormons have adopted' a' new
alphabet with foriy-ono letters. Messrs,
Ladew & Peers of St. Louis hare juit
furnished the Descret News the punches
and matrices of the new alphabet.
M.1T Professor Morse writes lo bis fam.
ily in relation lolh Atlantic Telegraph,
that the elecirie connection was perfect un
til tho moment of the purling of the cable,
yet the farther it was paid out, the feebler
wero the cmr rents, indicating a difficulty re
quiring ntientive investigation, though He
does nol consider it serious.
OCrTho whole numbered cigars export
ed from Havana up to the ih August,
the present year, was 94,085,000, of which
20,081,000 weie cleared for this country;
10,3110,000 lo Great Britain J 17,733,000
to Hamburg and Kremen; 9,628,000 to
France, and 8,130,000 to Spain. The ex
ports of tobacco amounted to 1,180,345
pounds, of which 5-'8,G36 pounds were
cleured for this country.
Somebody badly wanted te exalt
his station, and got off the following-
However, there is a good deal of truth la
it:
" Of all employments, there is aonethtt
so taxes the mind, temper and flesh, as that
of editing a paper. None that requires s
nicer tact, a sounder judgment, a mors
constant applicaiion, a quicker wil, or J
kinder heart. A churlish temper cesU
never succeed as an editor ; nor a aarrew
minded man, nor an ignorant one, nsr a
hasty one, nor an unforgiving one.
editor must turn himself inside out to IM
public. He cannot be a hypecrite iij
more than a husband could be a bypKM
to his wife. He must express himself m
all that be does, as much ia selectiag tM
thoughts of others as ia publishing n
own j nnd the bettor way for him in
outset is to begin frankly. Whoever suo
ceeds tolerably well as an editor is some
thing more than an ordinary man, 1st JJ
cotemporaries think of him as they will.
OCT It is a singular fact, that not ealy
the two United States Senators from Peaa
sylvania, and the Stale Supreme Court
Judge, but the present Speaker, Clerk aod
Assistant Clerk of the House, thoCIsrker
the Senate of Pennsylvania, and the Deij
ocratio candidates for Governor and Canal
Commissioner, are all praotioal printers.
Liberal. A Western paper offers to
write " Mr. " before, or ' Eq. " ''. "
names of such of its subscribers, oa dues
ing their papers to them, as wil! pay !
five cents extra, or add both af said"'
dies" for fifty cents. -
HT Men are like bugles la
brass they contain, the furtbet jo"
hear them. Women aro like flowers-4
more modest and retiring tLej appea't ,w
belter we love them.